Rescue Mission Lyrics - Singles - Kris Kristofferson

The Captain touched his swagger stick 

Up to his golden eye 

And boogied through the vestibule 

While bidding us goodbye 

The enemy surrounds us 

And our spirit's almost gone 

The Devil take the cavalry 

That sold us for a song 

There's Chi-Chi's on the starboard, lads 

And Chi-Chi's in the stern 

And hashish in the hookah pipes 

And bonny grass to burn 

Our mission is a secret 

But we're fool enough to try 

We'll sail the bloody ocean, boys 

Or drink the bastard dry 

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"If I'd've been a carpenter," the swarthy 

Sergeant said 

"I'd never seen this ugly thing 

That hangs above my head 

The hell with all your heros 

And the wounds they hope to show 

I'm just a simple soldier, son 

With one more year to go" 

The Albatross was tiring 

And the cook was in a stew 

The filthy little cabin boy 

Was whizzing in my shoe 

The Captain's wife was aging 

And the first mate heard her scream 

When Tommy slipped tabasco in the 

Captain's vaseline 

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"Our time will soon be gone" he said 

"It's all we've left to lose 

We've shot our ammunition 

And we're all but out of booze 

So here's to Irma Donegal 

Here's to Nellie Blye 

And here's to my old friend," he said 

And kissed his ass goodbye 

"Give off! give off! You sorry lot. 

Give off!" the Captain cried 

"We've lost our bloody anchor 

And we're driftin' with the tide 

The swollen surf is pounding 

Like a thousand cannons roar 

And I shake the hand of any man 

Who guides us into shore." 

"We're saved! We're saved!" 

The soldiers said 

"We're saved!" the sailors cried 

And soldiers climbed aboard 

While sailors left from either side 

Some swabbies hit the minefield and 

The rifles got the rest 

And somewhere there's a schooner 

Sinkin' slowly in the West.